Fashion: Dutch jeans with taste of Japanese style

After centuries of isolation ended in the late 1800s, Western-style fashions caught on in Japan, and now designers are adding Japanese style elements from traditional garments to Western clothing.

Jumping on this bandwagon is Dutch label G-Star Raw with its new offering Inakaya Denim. “Inakaya” means “person from the countryside”, which is apt as the jeans are styled like the work pants customarily worn by Japanese farmers. Read more